Are credit cards the thing of the past? - The credit card companies are rolling out the last credit card terminals with integrated NFC, near field communication. This means your smart phone will replace the plastic card. This terminals are available now. The future is here.

3 things small business can learn from Google's product failures - Google has product failures? If you give things away is that considered a failure? It is an interesting article. Google has alot of discontinued services, like Google Buzz and Google reader. I would not consider these failures. Google just takes them off the menu. Their core services are going strong and are a cash cow. Google owns the internet. What more do ...

How to upsell your customers - Restaurants are particular good at this. I still don't understand restaurants that don't offer appetizers and desserts. But you can increase your revenues by seeming to offer so much more for just a little increase in price.

Which currency can get to the bottom the fastest? It looks like Japan's Yen is yenning or yearning for this distinction. Wasn't long ago when Japanese cars and electronics dominated the world market? Now, its Apple and the Koreans are coming on strong. Of course, Bernanke is doing his best to inflate the US currency. Maybe he stabilized the economy. I don't think so. GDP growth in the US has been sluggish at 2.2%. This is bad news because we've been printing so much money. Typically, you get a boom, and then spiraling inflation. The ...

Keep your clients happy to maximize your profits - kind of obvious don't you think. The author offers insights. Customers are fickle, capricious. they are constantly being bombarded. It is not always easy to keep them happy. Communication is one key.

Communication
is the most important thing for any business. So in a small business, business
phone system must be helpful. It will decrease the communication cost and helps
a small business to operate the business more efficiently. If you are an owner
of a small business, your first and initial focus must be on a phone system,
because communication with business client and customer is very essential for a
business. So it should be under careful consideration.

Before all
discussion you have to note that there is no any specific reason to call any
business small. However, we call a ...